Screen for automobile windows



Jan. 31, 192s;

A. 'L JACOBSON SCREEN `UTOMOBILEI WINDOWS Filed OC'b. 21. 1925 wwwPatented Jan. 31, 1928.

ALPH I. JACOBSON, OF MADELIA, MINNESOTA.

SCREEN FOR vAUTOIIYIIOIBIIE. WINDOWS.

Application filed October 21, 1925. Serial No. 63,905.

This invention relates to a screen device `and particularly to a screendevice adapted to ybe movably mounted in the door of an automobile. Asis well known, automobiles of the closed type have doors at the sidesthereof with window openings in their upper part. A glass plateconstituting the window is slidable to cover and uncover the opening inthe door and when in open position the plate is received in a narrowrecess in the door below the window opening. It is desirable in certainweather to have the window open. This is often objectionable, however,on account of the entry of'insects l5 and dirt and on account of thesevere draft which is often caused.

lt is an object of this invention, therefore,

to provide a lat screen which Ais mounted in the door and slidabletherein so that it can be brought into position to cover the opening inthe door when 'the glass is in lowered position.` A

.llt is also an object of' the invention'to provide such a screen whichcan readily be installed in standard doors and which is movable in slotsformed in the doors at the sides of the window opening and said recess.Such automobile doors usually have a guiding means for the glass window,disposed in the slots which are formed in the sides l of the door, andit is an objectofthis' invention to provide a slidable screen havingmeans slidable in said slots between the sides of the slots and saidguiding means for said glass window.

It is more specically an object of the invention to provide such ascreen device as above set forth which has means for holding it inraised position covering the window opening withits top edge disposed ina slot formed inthe top of said door, said screen also preferabl beingprovided with a door through whic the operators hand may be projected tosignal a turn. p

These and other objects of the invention will be fully set forth in thefollowing description made in connection with the accompanying drawingsin which like reference characters refer to the same parts throughoutthe different views, and in which Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation ofa portion of an automobile showing the invention applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, asindicated by the arrow;

Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation ol a screen detached; and j Fig. 4 isa horizontalsection taken onthe line 4 4 of Fig. 1, as indicated Abythearrow, Figs. 2` and 4 being shown on an enl larged scale.

Referring to the drawings, a portion of an automobile is shown, of whichit will only bev necessary to consider the body 5 and the door 6, thelatter being hinged about the hinges 7. The 'door frame and the body `5are provided with window openings 61L and 5a, respectively. Theconstruction of the window portions in the body is substantially thesame as for the door and the latter onlyv will be described. The door 6has a` narrow recess 6b extending down into its lower portion belowwindow opening 6n and saidv door is provided at each side with slots 6cwhich extend along the sides of the window opening 6a and the recess 6".In the modern automobile structure the slots 6c have secured to theirsides guiding members 8 usually in the form of channel irons, in whichis secured a slotted member 9 usually of stiil" felt' or similarmaterial. lThe glass l plate 10V is slidable in the slots in the'members9 and is raised and lowered by a suitable mechanism not shown. The door6 also .has a slot 6d at its top connecting the slots 6 into which thetop edge of the plate 10 enters when said plate is in closed position.

In accordance with the present invention, a dat `screen 11 is providedwhich will be of standard screen material of small ymesh and of linewire, which screen has formed about 4its edges a binding 12 preferablyof metaL This binding conveniently may consist of a channel orcross-sectionally U-shaped piece ofmetal pressed about the edge of thescreen .and clamped thereto. The screen 11 also has secured at each sidea plate or-strip 13 which will be connected to the screen and- 'binding12 by small bolts or rivets 14.

' In practice, the strips 13 will be provided with slightly elongatedslots 13a through which bolts or rivets 14 may pass adording properadjiistment of said strips in relation to the screen. The door 6 or body5 will be provided above the window openingjwith some suitable catch,such as the buttons 15 illustrated, and the strips will be provided witha suitable holding means adapted to engage said catch, such as thestraps 16 having therein the holes 16a.

It is the custom for drivers to signal a.

turn by projecting their hand out of the Window and in order that thismay be done when the screen is in raised position, the screen may beprovided with a comparatively small opening 11a which may be coveredwith a screen door 17. While the door may be made of any de iredmaterial, in the embodiment of the invention illustrated, the same isshown as of thin metal which, in

practice will be of light metal, such as aluminum. The screen 11 willhave a binding 11", preferably formed of a cross-sectionally U-shaped orchannel-shaped piece of metal, clamping the. screen about the opening11a.' The door 17 is hinged at its upper edge above the opening 11.Vhile this hinge may be variously formed, in the embodiment oftheinvention illustrated it is shown as comprising a iiexible strip 18secured to the door 17 by some suitable means, such as rivets and clampsat its other edge inthe binding 11". The door 1T may also bespring-pressed to closed position, it' desired.

The structure of the screen in the body 5 will be the same as describedfor the screen 11 except that the opening 11 and the door 17 will beomitted.

In Fig. 3, the screen is shown as having a central strip 12a extendingvertically across the center thereof. This will only be used when thescreen is quite wide andthe same is not shown in the screens illustratedin Fig. 1.

In operation, the window 10 will beraised and lowered, as desired, intheusual manner. When the window is in raised position, to close the windowopening the screen 11 be disposed in the recess 6b, the same slidingbetween the plate 10 and the outer wall of said recess and the plates 13sliding between the guiding members 8 and the wall of slot (3C. Thestrap 1G will be in convenient position to be engaged to raise thescreen. Vhen the window is lowered the 'screen will be raised by thestraps 16 and will slide vertically in the slot 6 so that the topportion thereof can be raised into the slot 6i and the screen secured inits raised position by engagement of holes 16 of strap 16 over thebuttons 15. The ,window opening will thus be protected against much dirtand against insects and at the same time will allow the entrance of airand permit vision therethrough. The screen will also reduce, to a largeextent', an inrush of air or severe draft. When the driver wishes tosignal a turn he will merely extend his arm and push out the door 17,projecting his hand or arm through the opening 11a. When the hand or armis retracted the door 17 will drop to closed position. When installed onstandard cars the i screen slides neatly and conveniently in the groove6c at the side ofthe window 10 and its guiding means 8. If the screenwere installed on new cars, it, of course, would slide in similar slotswhich might be provided for the purpose.

From the above description it is seen that applicant; has provided avery simple, etiicient and convenient window structure for anautomobile. The same is easily and inexpensively installed and easilyand quickly operated. The device has been made in practice and found tobe very successful and eiiicient.

It will, of course, be understood, that various changes may be made inthe form, details, arrangement and proportions of the parts withoutdeparting from the scope of applicants invention, which, generallystated, consists in a device capable of carrying out the objectsabove'set forth, in the novel parts and combinations of parts disclosedand defined' in the appended claims.

That claimed is:

1; The combination with the body or door of an automobile having anopening in its upper halt, a recess extending into its lower half andhaving grooves at the sides of said opening and recess, and a grooveacross the top ot' said opening alined withsaid grooves, channel membersdisposed in said grooves, a glass plate slidable in said channelmembers, a tint. screen having a flat metal binding folded about bothsides of its edges, strips secured to said binding at each side ot thescreen, said strips being adapted to slide in said grooves at the sidesof said opening between one side thereof and one side of said channelmembers, and means at the top of the screen for engaging said door forholding said screen in raised position.

2. In an automobile window construction comprising a car body having awindow said recess at 1one side of 'said window, said screen havingguide plates secured at its sides disposed and slidable between saidguideways and one side of said recess, said screen being movable intoposition to close said window 4opening with said plates disposed in saidgroove at the sides of said opening with the top of said screen disposedin the groove at the top of said opening, and

'means secured to the top of said screen member for holding the same insaid position.A

In testimony whereof I atiix my signature.

ALPI-I I. JACOBSON.

